Complete the text with the past form of the verbs in brackets.

DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?

Ten years before KFC sold its first chicken dinner, the first McDonald’s restaurant 1opened (open)

in California. Dick and Maurice McDonald 2_______________ (sell) burgers for 15 cents and

milkshakes for 20 cents. People 3______________ (not have) much time for lunch, so they4_________________ (not want) to wait long for their meal. At the first McDonald’s, customers5_______________ (can) get their food in 15 seconds! This 6_____________ (be) the beginning of

cheap fast food.

In 1955 a man called Ray Kroc 7________________ (become) an agent for McDonald’s and8___________________ (start) opening restaurants in other states. The McDonald brothers9___________________ (not be) very ambitious and so Ray Kroc 10_________________ (buy) the

company for $2.7 million in 1961. In the sixties he 11________________ (open) over 1,000 new

restaurants and now there are more than 25,000 McDonald’s in over 120 countries.

(Adapted from Face 2 face Pre-intermediate)

WRITE:

What was the last time you had a special meal? Think about the reason for the meal, whereand when it was, the people there, the food and drink and any other interesting information.

Complete the information:

✗ Reason for the meal:

✗ Place:

✗ Time:

✗ People:

✗ Food and drink:

✗ Other info: